Carlos Sainz becomes oldest Dakar winner with fourth victory
Carlos Sainz has won the Dakar Rally for a fourth time, becoming the oldest winner of the race at 61.
Sainz looked set to take the victory when main rival Sebastien Loeb was stuck in the🃏 dese🤡rt for over an hour in the penultimate stage.
The Spaniard led the way for the entirety of Dakar in💯 Saudi Arabia, winning by over 8ไ0 minutes in the end.
It was𓂃 Sainz’s 17th Dakar participation and the fourth time he has triumphed now.
Remarkably,🌃 the🐟 61-year-old didn’t win a single stage as consistency proved to be the key in his victory.
Sainz claimed theꦚ lead of the overall rally on Stage 2 and didn’t look back from there.
It adds to Sainz’s other three victories in 2020, 2018 and 2010.
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